Medicaid is a federal-state health care program for low-income and disabled people, including nursing home residents. A key component of the federal health care reform passed in 2010 was an expansion of existing Medicaid to include all non-disabled adults under the age of 65 with incomes at or below 138 percent of the federal poverty level, which is currently $16,243 for an individual. Matt Salo, executive director of the National Association of Medicaid Directors, calls the projections "an imperfect science," adding: "If you are going to do a big expansion, you should probably expect that more people will show up than you thought, and the people who show up will be perhaps ...
An Explanation Of Medicaid And Its Expansion In Some States
By The Associated Press, San Francisco Chronicle
Wed, 07/22/2015 - 2:40am
BING NEWS:
- Deadlock continues on possible Medicaid expansion
The House Medicaid Chair offered a revised proposal while the Senate Medicaid Chair made it clear that the House plan wouldn’t pass his chamber.
04/24/2024 - 10:34 am | View Link - Partial Medicaid expansion better deal for state than full expansion
Partial Medicaid expansion, like the Mississippi Senate plan to expand up to 99 percent of the Federal Poverty Level, could save the state up to $180 million annually when compared ...
04/24/2024 - 7:58 am | View Link - MS lawmakers still can't agree on Medicaid expansion four days before deadline
Mississippi lawmakers met to try and iron out a compromise on Medicaid expansion but left with only the agreement to keep conversations alive.
04/24/2024 - 2:49 am | View Link - Latino: Partial Medicaid expansion better deal for state than full expansion
Partial Medicaid expansion could save the state up to $180 million annually when compared to full expansion proposals, while covering the same number of people. Here’s how.
04/23/2024 - 6:23 pm | View Link - Mississippi lawmakers haggle over possible Medicaid expansion as their legislative session nears end
Top Mississippi lawmakers have started negotiating on what could become a landmark plan to expand Medicaid coverage to tens of thousands of people in one of the poorest states in the U.S. But even ...
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